The General Directorate of Physical Education and Sports of Afghanistan has explained the reason for the dismissal of the former Afghanistan Chess Federation President

27 Jun 2014

The General Directorate of Physical Education and Sports of Afghanistan has explained the reason for the dismissal of the former Afghanistan Chess Federation President Mr. Mahmod Hanif and confirmed the appointment of Mr. Haji Mohammad Almas Zahid to this post, chessnewsagency reports. Below we provide the letter from the Afghanistan top sports authority which was made available to chessnewsagency.

It would appear that the FIDE Presidential campaign ticket headlined by candidate Garry Kasparov has finally and completely sunk into a mire of lies trying to incite any scandal they can ahead of the elections to sway the elections results. Kasparov continues perseveres in piling up false accusations against the incumbent leadership of the International Chess Federation, relying on support of corrupt chess and sports officials, and by doing this, the 13th World Champion is causing significant damage not only to FIDE, but also to global chess as a whole.

You can read more about the latest scandal arising from corrupt practices of Mr. Kasparov’s campaign team on the chessnewsagency website.

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Key points of the campaign

Building stronger national federations; providing them with administrative, financial, technical support to increase the level of players and officials in the organization.

Increasing number of FIDE member-countries to 205.

Increasing the participation of women in chess.

Developing 'Chess in Schools' program, working with governments and institutions to embed chess into educational process.

Making Chess part of the Winter Olympics.

Bringing in internet platforms which facilitate Federations in participating in international events at all times of the day

Ensuring that Chess continues to be the equal opportunity and democratic sport.

Making Chess appealing to sponsors and partners, engaging new technology and design.

Quotations

“Chess is a kind of human activity which has room for manifestations of both intellect and the competitive spirit. But this is a bloodless competition. FIDE’s motto is Gens una sumus. And personally, I approve of only one kind of battles – the ones that take place over a board with 64 squares.”
Kirsan Ilyumzhinov